Improvement in machines for cutting wood



UNITED STATES PATENTV OEETOE.

JOHN A. TAPLIN, or cAnTHAeE LANDING., NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CU'ITING WOOD.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,507., dated October 2, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JonN A. TAPLIN, of Carthage Landing, county of Dutchess, and

State of N ew York, have invented a new and y useful Machine for Cutting Wood for kindling, stove, and other purposes; and l hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view Fig. 2, a sectional view taken through` the line c j', Fig. l; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5, sectional views.

A A is the frame; B, the cutting-board, upon which is fastened the iron plate b, as seen in Fig. 1; (l, a wroughttiron axle or shaft, two inches and a quarter in diameter, and made in the form of a crank, upon ythe ends of which are cast or fastened two circular' iron heads, D D, one foot apart, as seen in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 represents one of these heads, nine inches in diameter and one inch in thickness', in the edge ot' which is the slot d to receive the end of the cutter E, and is so made that the back. of the cutter-.willwbe within 011e inch of the shaft. Around tliese heads are the wroughtfiron bands ff, under which the ends of the cutterl can readily be passed into and drawn out of the slots d d, and securely fastcned and held there by means of the wooden chucksV or keys g g, as seen in Figs. t and 5.

H is an ordinary balance-wheel.

The machine is operated by steam or horse power applied inany of the ordinar f ways.

By means of the circular heads, constructed as herein described, and the chucks, the cutter is more readily and securely fastened and kept in place than when fastened with bolts, or in any other Way now in use. The crankshaft, combined with the cutter, as herein described, gives the machine an enlarged throat, and prevents the wood from wedging in between the cut-ter and the shaft, and thereby either bending or breaking the cutter; and it also prevents the wood from passing over with the cutter and stopping the machine, as is frequently the case with machines operated by means of a straight shaft. From the enlarged throat` wood of a much largersize can readily be run into the machine and securely cut at any desired length, which cannot be done by machines with the ordinary straight shaft.

Whatlclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a rotary Wood-cutting machine, the circular head, constructed as herein described, for fastening the cutter, and the crank-shaft, each constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

JOHN A. TAPLIN.

VVitnesSes EDWARD FARE, STEPHEN BRINOKERHOFF. 

